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METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Unique ID: SF-783716
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A large fragment of fused iron and copper alloy smithing debris with some black shiny material on one surface, which may be glass. The undiagnostic nature of the object makes it impossible to assign anything other than a very broad date.
Length: 68.20mm, width: 40.12mm, thickness: 29.16mm, 116.21g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly 900 BC
Date to: Exactly AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.93 mm
Weight: 0.89 g
Diameter: 16.09 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 28th November 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: RLM 043
Other reference: NH 14-140
Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Near Woodbridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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